Roll film

Roll film or rollfilm is any type of spool-wound photographic film protected from white light exposure by a paper backing. The term originated in contrast to sheet film. Roll film was originally often referred to as "cartridge" film because of its resemblance to a shotgun cartridge.

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The old ways of the image — ambrotype, tintype, and film-photography heritage.

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